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Faith in the Family: A Lived Religious History of English Catholicism, 1945-82
Alana Harris
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Description for Faith in the Family: A Lived Religious History of English Catholicism, 1945-82
Paperback. Assesses the impact of the Second Vatican Council on the ordinary believer, alongside contemporaneous shifts in British society Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJP; HRCC2; HRCC7; HRCV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 201 x 216 x 24. Weight in Grams: 440.
Drawing upon a multi-disciplinary methodology employing diverse written sources, material practices and vivid life histories, Faith in the family seeks to assess the impact of the Second Vatican Council on the ordinary believer, alongside contemporaneous shifts in British society relating to social mobility, the sixties, sexual morality and secularisation. Chapters examine the changes in the Roman Catholic liturgy and Christology; devotion to Mary, the rosary and the place of women in the family and church, as well as the enduring (but shifting) popularity of Saints Bernadette and Therese. Appealing to students of modern British gender and cultural ... Read more
Drawing upon a multi-disciplinary methodology employing diverse written sources, material practices and vivid life histories, Faith in the family seeks to assess the impact of the Second Vatican Council on the ordinary believer, alongside contemporaneous shifts in British society relating to social mobility, the sixties, sexual morality and secularisation. Chapters examine the changes in the Roman Catholic liturgy and Christology; devotion to Mary, the rosary and the place of women in the family and church, as well as the enduring (but shifting) popularity of Saints Bernadette and Therese. Appealing to students of modern British gender and cultural ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
439g
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784993658
SKU
V9781784993658
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About Alana Harris
Alana Harris is Teaching Fellow in British History at King's College London -- .
Reviews for Faith in the Family: A Lived Religious History of English Catholicism, 1945-82
'An important new study of the transformation of Roman Catholicism that fills a critical gap in the historical literature on religion in post-war Britain. Painstakingly researched and based on extensive archival evidence ... Faith in the family will stand as an important benchmark in British debates about secularisation which hitherto have ignored developments within English Catholicism.' Nancy Christie, The ... Read more